Finding Petronella

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Morgamoja Cottage in Lemmenjoki National Park, surrounded by magenta fireweed blossoms.

When I met Petronella van der Moer in 2013 and learned of her legendary 1949 adventure across Finland’s Arctic Circle, somewhere deep down I recognized I’d just touched something I badly needed. Petronella was bold and free in ways that I could only dream of. A wild part of myself had gone missing a long time ago. I set out on that journey to get her back. My 800-mile trek into the Lappish… Read More